Phonics is a cruel and incredibly valuable skill for our young learners to begin understanding reading by hearing sounds, sound patterns, letter recognition, and so much more. Children often begin learning phonics by sounding out letters and learning which letter represents that sound to that letter, like A is for apples. Children from ages 2- 4 years also learn from the world around them before entering formal education.
As defined, reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding out words, or using print-to-sound relationships. Phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners can hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes, the smallest mental units of sound that helps to differentiate units of meaning. (Wiki)
Bridge Phonics to Reading
Learning how to build words and blending sounds is no simple task like learning how to paint. There are art forms and techniques to understand how color and canvas work together. Learning is a similar process to phonemic awareness. Once children experience this understanding, they begin to feel confident in leaping reading.
Our reading tutors pair fun phonemic awareness activities to your child’s skill level because they understand every child learns differently. When your child understands the relationship between the sounds of words, the next step — reading — becomes a real adventure
Explore our phonemic awareness
Our reading tutors use phonemic awareness activities, personal instruction, and fun motivation to get our young learners excited to read:
- Understand the sounds associated with consonants and vowel letters of the alphabet
- Learning how to build words by blending sounds
- Recognizing how new words are formed with different phonics patterns.
When it comes to phonemic awareness “waiting it out” creates possible learning gaps!
1st Grade Phonemic Awareness
Our program start with Pre-K and Kindergarten
- Letter recognition
- Consonants (B, C, D, F, etc.)
- Vowels Sounds (A, E, I, O, U and Y)
- Digraphs (OA like in boat)
- Diphthongs (OY in like in the toy)
- Blends (SL like in slip)
2st Grade Phonemic Awareness
- Letter recognition
- Consonants (B, C, D, F, etc.)
- Vowels Sounds (A, E, I, O, U and Y)
- Digraphs (OA like in boat)
- Diphthongs (OY in like in the toy)
- Blends (SL like in slip)
